Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of receiver apparatus and the method that can meet the use automatic growth control of above-mentioned requirements.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide. a kind of receiver apparatus using automatic growth control, this device comprises:
A) radio frequency automatic gain controller (101), it is for controlling the gain of radio-frequency front-end;
B) base band automatic gain controller (102), it is opened by the control of described radio frequency automatic gain controller (101), is used for regulating the gain of receiver;
C) power detector (103), the intensity of acknowledge(ment) signal for detecting, and detected signal strength signal intensity is provided to described radio frequency automatic gain controller (101);
D) low noise amplifier (104), for amplifying roughly the radiofrequency signal received through antenna or decaying;
E) rf agc amplifier (105), for carrying out meticulous amplification or decay to the signal after described low noise amplifier (104) adjustment;
F) base band automatic gain amplifier (106), for amplifying the signal outside the Joint regulation scope exceeding described low noise amplifier (104) and described rf agc amplifier (105) or decay under the control of described base band automatic gain controller (102);
G) frequency mixer (107), for changing signal frequency, to obtain the useful signal within system bandwidth;
H) filter (108), for carrying out filtering to interfering frequency;
I) antenna (109), for received RF signal.
According to another aspect of the present invention, additionally provide a kind of automatic gain that uses to control the method for receiver, the method comprises the following steps:
A) receive wireless signal, and process forms the useful signal in system bandwidth;
B) intensity of received signal is detected;
C) more described received signal strength with echo signal power;
D) rf agc amplifier is controlled respectively and base band automatic gain amplifier amplifies or received signal on deamplification link;
E) above-mentioned signal after amplifying or decaying is made to reach echo signal power.
Compared with prior art, adopt technical scheme tool provided by the invention to have the following advantages: the gear threshold value of echo signal power and gain changer is configurable, reduce the error that integrated circuit technology is brought receiver performance; Automatic gain controller is combined by radio frequency automatic gain controller and base band automatic growth control and is formed, and has widened the range of sensitivity of receiver; Automatic gain controller ride gain converter carries out Fast Coarse and is in harmonious proportion fine tuning at a slow speed, ensure that the continuity of receiver signal; Automatic gain controller, by cycle how resident pre-detection, eliminates the false-alarm signal that interference signal causes, and ensures the stability of receiver signal.
Embodiment
Embodiments of the invention are described below in detail.
The example of described embodiment is shown in the drawings, and wherein same or similar label represents same or similar element or has element that is identical or similar functions from start to finish.Being exemplary below by the embodiment be described with reference to the drawings, only for explaining the present invention, and can not limitation of the present invention being interpreted as.Disclosing hereafter provides many different embodiments or example is used for realizing different structure of the present invention.Of the present invention open in order to simplify, hereinafter the parts of specific examples and setting are described.Certainly, they are only example, and object does not lie in restriction the present invention.In addition, the present invention can in different example repeat reference numerals and/or letter.This repetition is to simplify and clearly object, itself does not indicate the relation between discussed various embodiment and/or setting.In addition, the example of the various specific structure and parameter that the invention provides, but those of ordinary skill in the art can recognize the property of can be applicable to of other parameters and/or the use of other structures.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of automatic gain that uses is provided to control the method for receiver.Below, composition graphs 1 to Fig. 3 is specifically described the method that Fig. 1 uses automatic gain to control receiver by one embodiment of the present of invention.Fig. 1 uses automatic gain to control the method for receiver according to an embodiment of the invention; Fig. 2 is an automatic growth control flow chart according to an embodiment of the invention; Fig. 3 is a kind of according to an embodiment of the invention receiver apparatus schematic diagram using automatic growth control.This receiver apparatus comprises: a) radio frequency automatic gain controller 101; B) base band automatic gain controller 102; C) power detector 103; D) low noise amplifier 104; E) rf agc amplifier 105; F) base band automatic gain amplifier 106; G) frequency mixer 107; H) filter 108; And I) antenna 109.
Wherein, radio frequency automatic gain controller 101 is for controlling low noise amplifier 104 on the gain of radio-frequency front-end, periodic switch receiver signal link and rf agc amplifier 105 and for opening base band automatic gain controller 102, eliminating interference signal by how resident; Base band automatic gain controller 102 is for controlling the gain of receiver further; It for the power data from filter 108 is converted into level data after logarithmic amplifier combined with rectifying circuit, and then is exported to radio frequency automatic gain controller 101 by analog to digital converter by power detector 103; Low noise amplifier 104, rf agc amplifier 105, frequency mixer 107, filter 108 form feedback control loop with power detector 103 and radio frequency automatic gain controller 101, periodically adjust the gain of signal, in conjunction with the configurability of receiver, thus provide optimized signal level.
As shown in Figure 1, control method provided by the present invention comprises the following steps:
In step S101, receive wireless signal, and process forms the useful signal in system bandwidth:
Particularly, composition graphs 3, after system antenna 109 receives wireless signal, first make signal carry out preliminary amplification or decay through low noise amplifier 104 and rf agc amplifier 105 to signal, then device 108 after filtering, filtering is carried out to interfering frequency, tentatively to reduce its impact on useful signal, then make described signal through frequency mixer 107, change signal frequency, to obtain the useful signal within system bandwidth.
In step s 102, detect the intensity of current acknowledge(ment) signal, and be converted to digital signal;
Concrete, described useful signal is processed through power detector 103 on controllability path, obtains the intensity of current Received Signal, can as the input signal of radio frequency automatic gain controller 101 in next step after being converted to digital signal.
In step s 103, comparator input signal and echo signal, and perform corresponding steps according to comparative result;
Concrete, as shown in the step S202 of Fig. 2 and step S203, if the signal that power detector 103 exports is in detection window, namely this signal requires no and to amplify or decay just directly can output to receiver, then automatic gain controller 101 is failure to actuate;
If the signal that power detector 103 exports is not in detection window, then continue to perform step S104.
In step S104, automatic gain controller 101 controls each amplifier to amplify or Received signal strength on deamplification link respectively;
Be specially, as shown in the step S204-S207 of Fig. 2, know that signal that power detector 103 exports is not in detection window in step s 103 after testing, next continue to detect the scope whether this signal exceeds low noise amplifier 104 and rf agc amplifier 105 Joint regulation;
Wherein, the gain of low noise amplifier 104 and rf agc amplifier 105 will be determined according to the system index of receiver, such as, and can with reference to the parameter of the present embodiment: the power switched according to receiver system index determination receiver is :-70dBm,-36dBm ,-25dBm.The target power of receiver is-20dBm.Low noise amplifier 104 is divided into third gear, and the gain of each gear is: when when during A1A0=00, gain is-3dB, A1A0=01, gain is 13dB, A1A0=10, gain is 23dB.Rf agc amplifier 105 is divided into 8 gears, and gain ranging is-32.75dB to 31dB, and other module fixed gains of simultaneity factor are 8dB.So the corresponding corresponding gear of the equivalent gain of low noise amplifier 104 is followed successively by 5dB, 21dB, 31dB.So at receiver target power, under power switched and the different gear of low noise amplifier 104, the scope of rf agc amplifier 105 is followed successively by: when low noise amplifier 104 is 10 grades, the gain ranging of rf agc amplifier 105 is [-15dB, 19dB]; When low noise amplifier 104 is 01 grade, sluggish 5dB, the gain ranging of rf agc amplifier 105 is [-16dB, 0dB]; When low noise amplifier 104 is 00 grade, sluggish 5dB, the gain ranging of rf agc amplifier 105 is [-27dB, 5dB].
In the step S205 of Fig. 2, the scope of low noise amplifier 104 and rf agc amplifier 105 Joint regulation is not exceeded if testing result is the signal that signal link receives, then at the step S208 of Fig. 2, low noise amplifier 104 is controlled and rf agc amplifier 105 amplifies or Received signal strength on deamplification link by radio frequency automatic gain controller 101, wherein low noise amplifier 104 is used for carrying out coarse adjustment, and rf agc amplifier 105 is used for carrying out fine tuning until reach target power;
Meanwhile, start counter, and jump back to the step S102 of Fig. 1 after some delay, detect feedback control loop to form automatic gain, periodically the gain of adjustment signal.
Now radio frequency automatic gain controller 101 does not start base band automatic gain controller 102.
At the step S207 of Fig. 2, if testing result is that the signal that signal link receives is too little, beyond the lower limit of low noise amplifier 104 and rf agc amplifier 105 Joint regulation, then at the step S210 of Fig. 2, low noise amplifier 104 is controlled and rf agc amplifier 105 all adjusts to lower limit by radio frequency automatic gain controller 101, then at the step S211 of Fig. 2, radio frequency automatic gain controller 101 starts base band automatic gain controller 102 makes signal reach the level range of ADC (digital to analog converter) steady operation to control base band automatic gain amplifier 106.
At the step S206 of Fig. 2, if testing result is that the signal that signal link receives is too strong, beyond the upper limit of low noise amplifier 104 and rf agc amplifier 105 Joint regulation, then at the step S209 of Fig. 2, low noise amplifier 104 is controlled and rf agc amplifier 105 all adjusts to the upper limit by radio frequency automatic gain controller 101, then at the step S211 of Fig. 2, radio frequency automatic gain controller 101 starts base band automatic gain controller 102 makes signal reach the level range of ADC (digital to analog converter) steady operation to control base band automatic gain amplifier 106.
In the step S105 of Fig. 1, make the above-mentioned signal device 108 after filtering through amplifying or after decay, reach target power, wherein target power will be determined according to the system index of receiver.
According to a further aspect in the invention, additionally provide a kind of receiver apparatus using automatic growth control accordingly, as shown in Figure 3, this device comprises:
A) radio frequency automatic gain controller 101;
B) base band automatic gain controller 102;
C) power detector 103;
D) low noise amplifier 104;
E) rf agc amplifier 105;
F) base band automatic gain amplifier 106;
G) frequency mixer 107;
H) filter 108;
I) antenna 109.
Wherein, described radio frequency automatic gain controller 101 is used for controlling the gain of radio-frequency front-end, is specially to control low noise amplifier 104 and rf agc amplifier 105 amplifies signal or decays;
Described radio frequency automatic gain controller 101 also can module on periodic switch receiver signal link, and its concrete cycle can configure as required.Low noise amplifier 104, rf agc amplifier 105, frequency mixer 107, filter 108, power detector 103 and radio frequency automatic gain controller 101 form feedback control loop, the gain of periodic adjustment signal, in conjunction with the configurability of receiver, thus provide optimized signal level;
In addition, radio frequency automatic gain controller 101 also can open base band automatic gain controller 102, and how residently eliminates interference signal.
Described base band automatic gain controller 102 is controlled to open by radio frequency automatic gain controller 101, is used for controlling the gain that base band automatic gain amplifier 106 regulates receiver further.
Described power detector 103 is used for detecting the intensity of current acknowledge(ment) signal, and the input signal that namely can be used as radio frequency automatic gain controller 101 after being converted to digital signal determines accepted signal whether within the Joint regulation scope of low noise amplifier 104 and rf agc amplifier 105.
Described low noise amplifier 104 and rf agc amplifier 105 are used for amplifying the above-mentioned signal within the scope of Joint regulation or decaying, and wherein low noise amplifier 104 is for amplifying roughly the radiofrequency signal received through antenna or decaying; Rf agc amplifier 105 is for carrying out meticulous amplification or decay until reach target power to the signal after described low noise amplifier (104) adjustment.
Described base band automatic gain amplifier 106 is used for amplifying the signal exceeded outside above-mentioned Joint regulation scope or decaying.
Described frequency mixer 107 and filter 108 are used for processing to the received signal, generate useful signal, its median filter 107 for carrying out filtering to interfering frequency, tentatively to reduce its impact on useful signal; Frequency mixer 107 for changing signal frequency, to obtain the useful signal within system bandwidth.Signal after frequency mixer 107 and filter 108 process is provided to the detection that described power detector 103 carries out signal strength signal intensity.
Because the gear threshold value of echo signal power of the present invention and gain changer is configurable, decrease the error that integrated circuit technology is brought receiver performance; Automatic gain controller is combined by radio frequency automatic gain controller and base band automatic growth control and is formed, and has widened the range of sensitivity of receiver; Automatic gain controller ride gain converter carries out Fast Coarse and is in harmonious proportion fine tuning at a slow speed, ensure that the continuity of receiver signal; Automatic gain controller, by cycle how resident pre-detection, eliminates the false-alarm signal that interference signal causes, and ensures the stability of receiver signal.
Although describe in detail about example embodiment and advantage thereof, being to be understood that when not departing from the protection range of spirit of the present invention and claims restriction, various change, substitutions and modifications can being carried out to these embodiments.For other examples, those of ordinary skill in the art should easy understand maintenance scope in while, specific constructive form can change.
In addition, range of application of the present invention is not limited to the technique of the specific embodiment described in specification, mechanism, manufacture, material composition, means, method and step.From disclosure of the present invention, to easily understand as those of ordinary skill in the art, for the technique existed at present or be about to develop, mechanism, manufacture, material composition, means, method or step later, wherein their perform the identical function of the corresponding embodiment cardinal principle that describes with the present invention or obtain the identical result of cardinal principle, can apply according to the present invention to them.Therefore, claims of the present invention are intended to these technique, mechanism, manufacture, material composition, means, method or step to be included in its protection range.